Matthew Turner

Matthew Turner is a senior shareholder with Sommers Schwartz, and focuses his practice on medical malpractice, legal malpractice, ERISA, and class action matters.

Fighting for and protecting the rights of his clients is the most important part of Matt’s profession. During law school, he was a law clerk for Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Richard Kuhn, and after graduation, he joined his family’s law firm where he litigated a broad range of matters involving business disputes, employment discrimination, dental malpractice, auto accident, slip and fall, and significant cases of death and catastrophic loss.

Matt has appeared before the United States Supreme Court, and prevailed in a 9-0 decision establishing precedent that has been followed throughout the country. He has argued a number of appeals before the Michigan Supreme Court, the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Michigan Court of Appeals. At the trial level, he obtained a verdict in excess of $1 million dollars in a medical malpractice case, and has secured a number of other highly successful trial verdicts and settlements.

In addition to his legal career, Matt has been a varsity high school football coach for over 20 years. In 2002, the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association named him an Assistant Coach of the Year. He currently serves as the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at Birmingham Groves High School.

2014: $1.86 million medical malpractice settlement for the estate of a man who died three weeks after an elective surgery for which the defendant anesthesiologist should not have cleared him

2014: $96,000 verdict for a plaintiff who sustained permanent physical injury, mental anxiety, depression, and economic loss when his motorcycle was struck after the defendant driver ran a red light

2014: $337,500 settlement for a man who failed to receive timely treatment of an ulcer due to a hospital laboratory’s failure to report a finding of MRSA on the culture, resulting in a systemic infection, permanent damage to his right eye, and significant tissue damage to his right knee

2014: $250,000 hospital malpractice settlement for a woman who developed pressure sores and contractures during recovery from a hip fracture and corrective surgery, all due to the defendant’s failure to take precautions to prevent the pressure ulcers

2014: $82,500 medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a woman who claimed that her internal medicine physician failed to timely advise her of test results showing a cancerous mass on her ovary

2014: $300,000 hospital malpractice settlement for a man injured when a nursing staff’s negligence in placing an IV resulted in compartment syndrome requiring fasciotomy procedures and causing development of extensive scarring and nerve and muscle damage

2014: Significant class action verdict involving claims that food-processing workers were required to put on or “don” protective gear at the beginning of their shifts and remove or “doff” the gear after their shifts ended, but were not paid for the time spent conducting these tasks

2013: $275,000 medical malpractice settlement for a woman who suffered a brachial plexus injury requiring surgery and extensive rehabilitation due to an ER physician’s unsuccessful attempts to put her dislocated shoulder back in place

Assistant Coach of the Year, Michigan High School Football Coaches Association, 2002

Former Assistant High School Football Coach for Bloomfield Hills Andover High School, Dublin (Ohio) High School, Birmingham Seaholm High School, and Troy Athens High School

Mr. Turner was a guiding light through my lawsuit. Going through the legal process was foreign and nerve-racking for me but I was able to garner confidence from my attorney. His meticulousness and dedication was astounding, allowing me to lean on him for support and guidance throughout the process. I am fully confident he was the key factor in the success of my outcome.

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